// NoteYou can only go through Story & Free Produce with the idols available for your version. All idols (and rivals) are available for play in Office Mode though regardless of version. You must unlock the rivals to play them in Office Mode (reach producer rank 5).

Here are some useful links I'd like to post:

Official website-http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/list/idolmaster/sp/

Getting Perfect Communications-http://www.icomu-master.info/I use this site in order to get perfect communications. All three SP games are listed on the left in the menu.

Idol performance videos-http://www.youtube.com/user/ImasPSPPerson hasn't logged in for a while, but you can use these videos to preview songs before you buy them.

Guide for playing SP-http://whitefox284.livejournal.com/75999.htmlI wrote this poor thing up haha. It's not perfect but I think it could be of some help to newcomers that are lost. If linking to this isn't cool I can copy & paste the info here too.

Additional guide but for 360 version-http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360/file/934453/54858Written by the legendary Kyo. Hope you don't mind me linking this, but this contains useful information as well even though it's not directly for use with SP.

If there's anything you want me to include/remove in this first post let me know ;)

Hello! I'm new here, and I'd like to discuss something my brother and I have accidentally "discovered" in Idolmaster SP. x_x;

Everyone knows that auditions are composed of three phases, and each phase contains nine turns. Well, when my brother was doing an audition in Wandering Star, he was intending to make a dance appeal for the first turn of the first phase, so he pressed the button that corresponds with dance appeal. However, after pressing the button for dance appeal, he accidentally (and consecutively) pressed the button for visual appeal! Strangely enough, both appeals registered, and he was able to appeal to TWO judges in a single turn!

However, the points that he got for both visual and dance were cut in half (for example, if he only did a dance OR visual appeal, he would have gotten 128 points in either category. However, when he made a dance AND visual appeal in the same turn, he only got 64 points in both categories), but in that single turn, he was able to get points for both visual and dance! Of course, we were both shocked, because after playing Idolmaster for about 2 months, neither of us knew that making multiple appeals in a single turn was possible.

So, to test this out even more, my brother tried to appeal to ALL THREE judges in a single turn, and as he predicted, the points that he got for each category was only a third of the points that he would have gotten if he only made a single appeal in one turn (instead of getting 128 points in either vocal, visual, or dance, he only got 43 points in each category).

Of course, we found this tactic to be quite effective in pulling off genocides. For example, this is a typical "balanced" approached to a single phase in an audition:

()()()()()()()()() <-- these represent the 9 turns in a single phase

(da)(da)(da)(da)(vo)(vo)(vo)(vi)(vi) <-- the typical "4-3-2" strategy (assuming that dance is most popular, and visual is least popular)

We did two appeals in one turn, and we alternated between dance/vocal and dance/visual. In the end, we got about the same number of points we would get if we did the typical 4-3-2 approach. However, because we appealed to the dance judge EVERY turn, that judge's interest was decreased by a huge amount by the end of the phase.

So what makes this approach special? Well, in a usual genocide, I noticed that a player would only do one kind of appeal for several turns, to try and bring the judge's interest down to zero. However, a straightforward approach like that is dangerous, because the player may not get points/stars for the other two categories. By using the "double-appeal" strategy I just explained, the player can not only decrease a judge's interest by a huge amount, but he or she can also get points/stars for the other two categories that are not being genocided.

Now, I don't know whether people already discovered this or not (and please don't flame me if other people already discovered this before we did x_x), but I just thought that sharing my game experiences/strategies would be helpful to some, because all the FAQs I've read never mentioned this at all! x_x;

EDIT:

Of course, you can also do a "Super Genocide" by appealing to ALL judges every turn! XD

First of all, hello and welcome! I sense a true theorycrafter here. Or I guess iM@S would make it a theoryM@STER?

I never paid all that much attention to it, but I always assumed the amount of interest a judge loses because of an appeal is directly proportional to the amount of points that the appeal receives. (Can anyone confirm that?) If it's not, that would be interesting indeed. In any case, I personally like to triple-appeal whenever reasonably possible anyway simply because 43 x 3 > 128.

By the way, the reason you didn't notice them before might be the fact that multiple appeals aren't available when you start playing the game at first, they only become available after reaching a certain producer rank. (普通 for double, 中堅 for triple).

Which reminds me... the wiki needs articles on gameplay stuff like this.

Do the 961 idols never make accidents in their performances? Because after months of playing SP, I have never seen Hibiki, Takane, or Miki make a single accident during their performances in Office Mode (even though their vocal, dance, and visual stats aren't maxed out).

If you can update (if you're not already on) to 5.03 on the official firmware I believe you won't need that battery. I have never tried going to custom firmware from 5.03 so I can't state the difficulty of it.

Do the 961 idols never make accidents in their performances?...or am I just really lucky?

I guess luck is mostly a factor, or if you equip enough accessories to boost the stats up. I only have Perfect Sun so I have to use default idols for the rest. Sometimes I'll get accidents with those guys, other times it'll be perfect. Do you deck the 961 idols out with accessories or are you just using their regular clothes?

Do the 961 idols never make accidents in their performances? Because after months of playing SP, I have never seen Hibiki, Takane, or Miki make a single accident during their performances in Office Mode (even though their vocal, dance, and visual stats aren't maxed out).

I guess luck is mostly a factor, or if you equip enough accessories to boost the stats up. I only have Perfect Sun so I have to use default idols for the rest. Sometimes I'll get accidents with those guys, other times it'll be perfect. Do you deck the 961 idols out with accessories or are you just using their regular clothes?

I always enter mine in the easiest possible audition and then appeal equally to all categories. They've never had accidents that way. Then again maybe I'm also simply lucky.

This is more like a request than a question, but could someone with iDOLM@STER SP give me a Wandering Star game save with all outfits and accessories and stuff? Or point me to a place that has them? All my previous data got deleted.

I don't know if this has been answered before, but here's a question...In the catalog #1 PV, from 1:27 to 2:01, a stage is shown that I don't remember ever seeing in the game. Or actually I do recognize it as the office mode 'original stage'-stage, except there's no background png and this one has the floor lights and spotlights on and everything. Where does this stage appear in game?

Anyways, in my opinion unlocking new stuff the regular way's half the charm of doing auditions.Also, you'll be using someone else's Producer name if you uses another's save.

Speaking of unlocking new stuff... out of curiosity, did anyone here ever try collecting every single one of a specific idol's mails? I stumbled upon this guide that listed the requirements for getting each mail and it looked like it'd take ages... (If anyone's interested in this I don't mind translating it btw)

I don't know if this has been answered before, but here's a question...In the catalog #1 PV, from 1:27 to 2:01, a stage is shown that I don't remember ever seeing in the game. Or actually I do recognize it as the office mode 'original stage'-stage, except there's no background png and this one has the floor lights and spotlights on and everything. Where does this stage appear in game?

It doesn't appear in the game normally (yet?).It's the stage used by the gamedesigners in the debug thing.

Speaking of unlocking new stuff... out of curiosity, did anyone here ever try collecting every single one of a specific idol's mails? I stumbled upon this guide that listed the requirements for getting each mail and it looked like it'd take ages... (If anyone's interested in this I don't mind translating it btw)

It's annoying getting each and everyone of them.There's like tons of them for auditions, getting various results for lessons, commus and endings.Personally, I think it's a waste of time getting them all.

This is more like a request than a question, but could someone with iDOLM@STER SP give me a Wandering Star game save with all outfits and accessories and stuff? Or point me to a place that has them? All my previous data got deleted.

If I remember correctly you could use any save from the three games? The producer data transfers to all three or something. I was working on unlocking all the items but I'm missing 5 (got sidetracked with pangya & MHFU) but I could post that save if you want it. IMO it'd be more fun to just go in Free Produce and doing nothing but stylist appointments and auditions to unlock them, then delete the idol before the last week.

If I remember correctly you could use any save from the three games? The producer data transfers to all three or something. I was working on unlocking all the items but I'm missing 5 (got sidetracked with pangya & MHFU) but I could post that save if you want it. IMO it'd be more fun to just go in Free Produce and doing nothing but stylist appointments and auditions to unlock them, then delete the idol before the last week.

I guess if I got all outfits excluding one from each category, I could do it again.

I have a question, I did have internet connection on my PSP a while back, but now we're not using that same connection and I don't really want to change the connection on my PSP, is it possible for me to get online via USB cord? So then that way I can go into the Office mode?

I have a question, I did have internet connection on my PSP a while back, but now we're not using that same connection and I don't really want to change the connection on my PSP, is it possible for me to get online via USB cord? So then that way I can go into the Office mode?

You can't connect a PSP with a usb in the internet.One good way is to buy a WIFI Router.

I have a question, I did have internet connection on my PSP a while back, but now we're not using that same connection and I don't really want to change the connection on my PSP, is it possible for me to get online via USB cord? So then that way I can go into the Office mode?

psp has WLANif you're looking to go to office mode you can just go there without WLANjust turn on WLAN switch on your psp and it should allow you

no, the WLAN is a switch on the top of the PSP, towards the left shoulder button. :| Pushed to the right is on, pushed to the left is off.

Unless it was on the bottom left in older version PSPs, that is one weird PSP you got there. plus, like I said, it's a switch, not a button.

Yeah, it's on the bottom left of the older, bulkier PSP systems. I was a little confused there for a second myself. xD To be honest... I didn't even know that switch existed until it was brought up here, lol.

Get PSP Slim after using the Phat, get confused as to why the UMD drive wouldn't open when you flick the switch, look closely and feel stupid when you notice it says WLAN, read the manual before finding out you have to pull the UMD drive out.

I thought this game only had ad-hoc and not infrastructure, I recall someone wanting to do something over xlink kai.

Promise 01 - Keep your promise not to give up till the end.Promise 02 - Keep your promise to reach Idol Rank A by the end of the yearPromise 03 - Keep your promise to lose less than 5 Auditions by the end of the yearPromise 04 - Keep your promise to have at least 20 Good Lessons by the end of the yearPromise 05 - Keep your promise to reach Idol Rank S by the end of the yearPromise 06 - Keep your promise to have at least 99 Memories bt the end of the yearPromise 07 - Keep your promise to have at least 20 Perfect Lessons by the end of the yearPromise 08 - Keep all promises during the yearPromise 09 - Keep your promise to reach Idol Rank S with no Audition defeats by the end of the yearPromise 10 - Keep your promise to have 3 million fans by the end of the yearPromise 11 - Keep your promise to reach Idol Rank A without using any MemoriesPromise 12 - Keep your promise to have 100 Producer Evaluation Points by the end of the year (...good luck with this lol...)

Alright, this is probably a very stupid question, but it's bugging the crap out of me cause I've just started learning Japanese about 2 weeks ago and I just got a copy of iM@S SP: Missing Moon.

Anyways, I'm on week 10 producing Ritsuko, and for some reason since week 7, her name and memory gauge are all blinking red. Can someone explain what it means? And if it's a bad thing, how do I get it back to normal?

Sounds like a gossip, red, reporter has taken a liking to your Ritsuko, thus dropping all her stats by quite a lot.Gossip reporters, like the good stat-raising 'blue' reporters, stop covering you after a couple of weeks, so just wait that one out.

Gossip reporters will write a negative article about your idol after losing an audition with a red, gossip, reporter in the audience.Also by not showing up at appointed interviews and 961pro auditions and incorrectly answering an interview(random?) will they bug you.I forgot if it ends after 3 or 4 weeks.

Just a couple of questions regarding PSN and all before my copy comes in.

Is it possible to switch between two PSN accounts on the PSP? (Just so I uh, don't create an English one, then find out that I can't make a Japanese one or switch to it)

And then when I was surfing through the JP PS store, and some of the im@s stuff, I do see the price on it (-sobs at how we have to buy each song for each idol-), but then there are some that are... in yellow background with some kanji. I remember looking through the US PS store, and it did have some yellow background, with 'free' on it -- so I just want to double check if that was the same meaning.

and out of curiosity, since I did read that SP has ad-hoc, I'm just wondering if it was possible to play it online using ADHOC PARTY.

not like i have a ps3 yet but yeah.

Edit: x: and it seems to not be supported by ad-hoc party. never mind the last question.

yes, you can swap between accounts. You have to un-link the account from the PSP to swap, and I forget the procedure, but I've done it back when I swapped to my JP PSN to get the preorder bonus. Note that stuff connected to a JP account won't work (or I think it doesn't work) is you have another PSN account registered, and vis versa.

Also, yes, the items with a yellow rectangle and kanji on it are free. Examples are the alternate BGs and the drama including Hibiki in the image. Other freebies, non-iMAS, are things such as Demos, which I forget the kanji of (and I can't check due to my college's wifi not working properly with the PSN Store, though if I remember correctly, the category should also have "PV" in the name).

Gaaah.Stoopid question that i'm sure is answered somewhere, But i dont want to look through everything.

How does the store work..?Since i cant read japanese. D;A guide or something with pictures would be great, Like to buy things does it cost irl money..? ;~;And should i make a PSN account saying i'm in japan if it helps..? o-o;Lawl.

Okay this is driving me nuts, so much so I have to ask for advice haha.

I'm missing one item, or more like I have one more item left to unlock. However I have no clue how to get it. I'm 100% certain it's the どんネックレス (Don Necklace). I've done countless auditions and stylist appointments on both Perfect Sun & Wandering Star but the item refuses to show itself. Even though it's not the most important of items, and not one I'd use much, I just want it for completion purposes really. Anyone know the best place to search for this item? Like if it can only be found in stylist appointments only or something?

How does the store work..?Since i cant read japanese. D;A guide or something with pictures would be great, Like to buy things does it cost irl money..? ;~;And should i make a PSN account saying i'm in japan if it helps..? o-o;Lawl.

I don't know terribly much about the store since I don't use it, but:1: Yes, it costs 'IRL' money. I think you have to spend said fund on importing Japanese PSN-points (or whatever Playstation's point-currency is).2: Your account on your PSP has to be set to Japan to get to the Japanese store.

I'm missing one item, or more like I have one more item left to unlock. However I have no clue how to get it. I'm 100% certain it's the どんネックレス (Don Necklace). I've done countless auditions and stylist appointments on both Perfect Sun & Wandering Star but the item refuses to show itself.

I think it's just odd chance o_o I got mine so early in the game it isn't even funny. Considering that I got it before I really knew what I was doing (like before I knew you get items from Rival Auditions, or even what they were), I think you can get it from the stylist.What I do to try to soak up extra things I'm missing (not that it doesn't show repeat items all the time) is to start a playthrough that I only use for going to the stylist.It's a boring file to play, but it saves me weeks on weeks of stylists visits on an idol I'm actually producing.

Okay this is driving me nuts, so much so I have to ask for advice haha.

I'm missing one item, or more like I have one more item left to unlock. However I have no clue how to get it. I'm 100% certain it's the どんネックレス (Don Necklace). I've done countless auditions and stylist appointments on both Perfect Sun & Wandering Star but the item refuses to show itself. Even though it's not the most important of items, and not one I'd use much, I just want it for completion purposes really. Anyone know the best place to search for this item? Like if it can only be found in stylist appointments only or something?

most of them are pure chance and the item differs from rarity from not presnt to common. Let's also not forget that this is like pokemon where some items are more common and rare in other games and some items you can only get in certain versions. It's not only that idols are different in each game but items as well. There's also few items that you have to do a certain event or audition to unlock.

@TweenDoriru- The Stylist? ;DExcellent, I just needed a place to start looking. I couldn't find a listing saying how to unlock it. Everything else I've unlocked previously using the way you mention, doing a playthrough doing nothing but stylist&auditions to unlock items. I haven't done a stylist run in a while, hopefully it'll pop up just so I can complete the collection.

@h4ataraxia - Yeah the items at specific events and auditions were easy to get. Listings I've come across for them state how to unlock them, it's just the Don Necklace listings never stated a place to start looking for it. Thought I'd ask in case if it required something else like 10 trophies unlocked or all idols produced, etc. Although Don Necklace would be a crappy unlock if that was the case :-\

on the right hand side is the versions they're presentblank means not present in the versionand 最初から所持 means the items are there from the beginning of the gameand ライバル means you can only get it if you clear a rival audition and it has a specific chance of popping upthe rest means you get it along with the rest of the item name displayed.

Can anyone help me with figuring out the requirements to earn each trophy? Or correct what I got lol? This is what I got so far:

// Story Produces1] Produce an Idol to the ends2] (???) Produce an Idol to the end using No Continues?s3] Produce an Idol in 54 weeks or lesss4] (???) Produce 3 Idols?

// Free Produce Goalsy1] Produce an Idol to the endy2] Produce an Idol to Rank Ay3] Lose less than 5 Auditionsy4] Get 20 Good Lessonsy5] Produce an Idol to Rank Sy6] Get 99 Memories by endy7] Get 20 Perfect lessonsy8] Keep all promises to Idoly9] Produce an Idol to Rank S with no Audition defeatsy10] Reach 3 million fansy11] Reach Idol Rank A without using any memoriesy12] Reach 100 Producer Evaluation Points

// Recordsk1] (???) Fill the lesson meters on your producer card?k2] (???) Play all songs for an idol?k3] Played for 100 hoursk4] Unlocked all Costumes and Accessoriesk5] Obtained over 300 Memoriesk6] Won over 300 Auditionsk7] (???) Earned over 1 billion fans totalk8] (???) Earned over 3 billion fans total

Commentss2.Rank up, don't run out of time continously and clear the games4.Complete story mode with all 3 idols in any versiony1/2. Check other players' cards y6.goodie..k1. Get a Perfect on all lesson types.Some lessons're easier to Perfect with a higher rank.k2. Not sure if DLC counts, you'll need to spend some money if you want get this legitlyk7/8. million

Seriously I can't believe this bull. I didn't realize while taking pictures you could press the select button to advance to the next frame. So even if you have 5 pictures, you can advance to one you don't want and write over it with a new picture. It's not even listed in the instruction manual that you can do this >:(

Seriously I can't believe this bull. I didn't realize while taking pictures you could press the select button to advance to the next frame. So even if you have 5 pictures, you can advance to one you don't want and write over it with a new picture. It's not even listed in the instruction manual that you can do this >:(

I figured it out on accident too. The one time I accidentally press select instead of start to end the TV performance, I saw the marker move on the images. I've been looking in the manual to see if it was listed somewhere and I just didn't catch it, but there's no reference. Even on the operations page, it doesn't even dictate that the select button does anything.

Not trying to be rude or anything, but one'd assume everyone already knew about this already seeing as how the game's been out for like 10 months now; people never really posted about the select button thing because finding it was way too and it's usage too obvious.Also, in this day and age, most people don't tend to read manuals but try things by pressing buttons randomly.

You know what they say when you assume ;DYou end up making an ass out of you and me. HARHARHARHAR.

Well it looks like TweenDoriru and Lushe didn't know either. Plus I don't have a volley of people rolling their eyes at me on this thread for posting that, so I see no harm done even if this is 10 months too late.

Not trying to be rude or anything, but one'd assume everyone already knew about this already seeing as how the game's been out for like 10 months now; people never really posted about the select button thing because finding it was way too and it's usage too obvious.Also, in this day and age, most people don't tend to read manuals but try things by pressing buttons randomly.

It would've been nice if that was in the manual, though, it's...handy. It's not a crucial function, no. But they could've easily traded the 'x' button in the manual with the select button. Everyone knows what the 'x' button does. It's on like every screen in the game. XDI unno, the select button doesn't seem that -obvious- besides the fact that it's the only actual button that has no function in the manual.

I actually don't know the specifics, so this is gonna be a crappy answer till someone else gets you one xDI don't remember if it works like the xbox version, I never kept track of the usefulness of it other than being able to do multiple appeals. I really don't know of any other benefit in the PSP version other than the 765 pro office BG changes from that rundown building to the corporate office overtime. Only suggestion I can offer is to keep playing in story produce till they unlock for Office Mode. If I recall, it took me two story produce playthroughs just to get all 3 of them unlocked, but it could be different.

This score will then get translated into your Producer Rank. You start out at Level 1, and in general you rank up when you get A or B grades, and get demoted with C or D grades. However, the maximum number of ranks you can be promoted or demoted each time seems to be limited to 2. So you do need to play through the game multiple times.

Producer RankLvl. 1: IIRC, you only need to clear the game to get promoted to Lvl. 2.

If Missing Moon becomes a downloadable game on the PSN network I might get it. Mainly for the hopes that loading times will be reduced and I could always have im@s with me when bringing my PSP places. I'm not getting any of the physical copies though, or even repurchasing the ones I already own, unless it came with some nice pre-order bonuses or something.

I remember all DLC from any region works with the game, you just can't have DLC from different PSN regions be active all at once. Using same logic, your save file should still work on the best version even if it's from the Asian version. Unless the Asian save file doesn't work with the current Japanese one but I've never tested it or haven't heard of it not working.

I keep seeing people saying they got the "Asian" version. Is there more than one IM@S version for the PSP? I thought it wasn't being brought to America?

It's not. There are Japanese and Asian versions of SP. Both are identical except that the Asian version is cheaper.

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Also, I have the actual UMD for my PSP. Is there a way to get translations onto it or will I just have to brave it?

I think getting translations onto the UMD would be quite impossible. It might be possible if you had the game on ISO and are using CFW, but this isn't an area I like to tread in.

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And are there any full walkthroughs with translations for responses?

Idolmaster, in general, plays out differently for each playthrough, due to varying skill levels of players, the statistics and mood levels of each in-game idol, opponents during each audition, etc.

Of course, there are general tips like when and where to concentrate your efforts on auditions or lessons, but it's extremely difficult to write a step-by-step walkthrough because of all the different factors.

As for answers to communications, there's a site dedicated to providing the information for the 360, PSP and DS games: http://www.icomu-master.info/

No English translations of the communication responses exist as of yet.

Is there a way to get translations onto it or will I just have to brave it? And are there any full walkthroughs with translations for responses?

A lot of sections in the game don't really require a translation once you figure them out. Especially SP, once you figure out what all the choices are on the schedule, how to respond to the prompts that show up at points, etc.

The only thing that really needs a translation for a non-japanese speaking player would be the communications IMO. That's the one thing keeping me from playing story/free produce on the go, it's tough just winging that section. There are some translations that exist for parts scattered on youtube, just not a lot and not what would help you. There are some translations that exist in that translation project for SP, but you'd have to dig through that database to find what you're looking for.

I have mentioned to one or two people it would be nice to make a database in the wiki containing all the conversations for all idols. It'd involve though copying all the text from the conversations, marking the correct answers, then providing a ton of translation work @_@ Which is probably why you won't find much help in that area other than from sites like http://www36.atwiki.jp/imas-psp/

I'm not entirely clueless, I do know the majority of hiragana and some katakana, and lots of words and phrases. I was just curious to see if there was anything to make it simpler. Thankyou for the informative and polite answers though!

Using same logic, your save file should still work on the best version even if it's from the Asian version. Unless the Asian save file doesn't work with the current Japanese one but I've never tested it or haven't heard of it not working.

I can confirm this actually. Well, more from Japanese Version --> "Asian Version". I got WS and MM first as JP versions and later picked up PS as an "Asian Version" and the same file is used for both on all accounts. The "Asian Version" is quite literally the same UMD stuck into a slightly different box. There's no differences between the two versions besides the box they're in.

I'm super confused though, because I thought the DLC worked different with the Asian Version and Japan Version.

Alright, here's how DLC works:

Japanese DLC will work with the Asian and Japanese Version.Asian DLC will work with the Asian and Japanese Versions.However, you cannot activate Asian DLC and Japanese DLC at the same time, since they run from different PSN accounts.Thus, you cannot use Asian DLC and Japanese DLC at the same time, and must pick one or the other.

so in short, no, DLC does not work differently with the versions, and nor does it work differently between the two DLC versions. You just cannot have both activated at the same time because to use Japanese DLC your PSP must be connected to a JP PSN account and for the Asian DLC your PSP must be connected to an Asian PSN account.

We seriously need to put this somewhere, because I've seen the Asian vs Japanese Versions and DLC question come up every time I turn around.

That's how I thought it works too. Taco wanted me to post his two cents for him:

パチュリー、ウッ！ says:

There's no differences between the two versions besides the box they're in. the text is all in chinese and dlc is seperated meaning you have to buy asian psn points and dlc is late for asia very late ask sakurazou she has an asian ver

digi-digi-digi says:

lololol Can't use JPN dlc with asian version?

パチュリー、ウッ！ says:

There are five different versions of the PlayStation Store: Asia, Europe, Japan, North America, and Oceania. yep you need asian points

waitaminute, there's some conflicting data there. ._<; You CAN use JPN DLC with an asian version. I have totally done so. All of my DLC is JPN, and it all works on my PS copy, which is an "Asian Version".

WHY WHY WHY did it take almost a year to unlock this gawd damn pendant >:( >:( >:(I just did an audition and the game was like HERE YOU GO! oh yeah! HERE'S THE TROPHY for unlocking all items too. JUST THOUGHT I'd let you have it now randomly even though you've been struggling like a mad man trying to find it, BYE!

After receiving an e-mail from your idol, randomly you have the chance to get a tension boost that doesn't decrease for the whole next day (the tension heart is red and the idol sparkles). You hear a different sound when closing the e-mail if this happens.

I'm sorta curious about this. Sometimes in the middle of a hard lesson, my idol gives me this option to change the time of this thing, set a date, and then a window like this pops up and I have to quit the game then go abck in to keep playing.Anyone else get this?

EDITNevermind, figured it out. n_n;;; I'm rank D now after 6 straight hours of playing. <3 MAKOTO~~~One thing that happened was after a full day, I ran into Hibiki and Takane in a park as an event. When I saw Makoto the next day, she had lost a good chunk of her skills, fans, and even went down 3 levels! Her heart tension was pink, though, and it was 17. My mind imploded. Anyone know what happened?

Did you have an apointment with a magazine and did you remember to actually go to it?If not, the magazine probably published a negative article about your idol, resulting in a temp drop of image level, resulting in a temp drop of stats.Just wait a couple of weeks and it should revert back.

Okay, this is driving me insane. I'm in Seasonal Event 4, and the communications guide says to touch "Ass". How on earth do I do that if it's only showing her torso? Also, I'm trying to do multiple appeals, but whenever I hit two buttons at the same time, or one directly after the other, it only does one appeal. How doI do them?

I think a producer rank of LVL4-5 (should say 中堅 when you look at your producer card while pausing). It's going to take more than one playthrough definitely before you can start doing double or triple appeals. Since you need to do multiple playthoughs to keep increasing your producer rank.

I'm having the biggest problem in communications when it comes to touching, especially when the touching appears to be waist, brow, lips, ass, etc etc. No matter where I touch her in these instances, I only get an okay communication, and I'm at the stage where I need perfect communications. Does anyone else have this problem?

I'm having the biggest problem in communications when it comes to touching, especially when the touching appears to be waist, brow, lips, ass, etc etc. No matter where I touch her in these instances, I only get an okay communication, and I'm at the stage where I need perfect communications. Does anyone else have this problem?

I use icomu-master walkthroughs if I ever I do communications (more often than not, I skip them), and I've never seen a communication that requires any sort of contact of areas not on the screen. That being said, with the walkthrough, I have never NOT gotten a perfect communication, touching involved or otherwise.If you continuously have problems with them, try combing through your walkthrough source and skipping events that require touching.

I have more than enough fans to rank up to B, but it's not doing it automatically. It says I need 70,000 fans, then at the end of the criteria there's a + and a little sign that's like an eternity sign wit half of the right side cut off. What is that? What else do I need to rank up?

I have more than enough fans to rank up to B, but it's not doing it automatically. It says I need 70,000 fans, then at the end of the criteria there's a + and a little sign that's like an eternity sign wit half of the right side cut off. What is that? What else do I need to rank up?

If the criteria is the same as Xbox version, then you would need to clear the Vocal, Dance and Visual Dojo.http://forum.project-imas.com/index.php/topic,427.15.html

I went through my first playthrough with Haruka in free-produce. I was aiming to make her rank S, but I had...2 or 3 Special Auditions left to do. However, when I went to actually -do- them, they were grayed out so I couldn't.

Is it because after a certain week, you can't do them anymore? They were all available to do before, but after I hit rank A (had to rush some auditions toward the end of the year ^^;) they became unavailable.

It's very weird, because I've raised S-rank idols before, but I've never had that problem. ???

They all have requirements, if I knew what week you were on or stats I could be of more help D: Maybe it was one of these?

Rookies requires you have less than 14 weeks in order to compete.Colorful Memories requires you have more than 15 memories in order to compete.TopxTop! requires you have no losses in order to compete.Hit-TV requires an image level higher than 10, and audition wins higher than 70%All those vocal, dance, visual ones require image level 8 or higher.Long Time doesn't show up till week 25.

Diva Paradise has some other restrictions on it too, which vary. Sometimes they'll want gutsy or gentle people (so Ami/Mami might not be able to enter those), sometimes they'll want... like only High Schoolers I think was one of them.

Don't worry about the double post, I'd say, the last post was so long ago, editing it wouldn't garner any attention I don't think.

Diva Paradise has some other restrictions on it too, which vary. Sometimes they'll want gutsy or gentle people (so Ami/Mami might not be able to enter those), sometimes they'll want... like only High Schoolers I think was one of them.

Don't worry about the double post, I'd say, the last post was so long ago, editing it wouldn't garner any attention I don't think.

So, that's really a situational thing, which would require reading the info for it OTZ

Do those sort of auditions change dependent on the week? I wonder if it could've been that in those last few weeks, Haruka fell out of those categories?

Please don't do it if it's too much work ^^; but if you could give me some info on the Special Auditions (vague is okay), that'd be awesome :3

Well I Have Idolm@ster Wandering Star and I had completed the game with Yukiho but in the end of the game all these options came up and i cant read Japanese so I didnt know what they were asking. The point is I must have selected the wrong answers because it didnt keep any of my experienced with Yukiho (like lvl and stats) but I did unlock Takane. Do any of you know what i should answer this time with Iori?

Well I Have Idolm@ster Wandering Star and I had completed the game with Yukiho but in the end of the game all these options came up and i cant read Japanese so I didnt know what they were asking. The point is I must have selected the wrong answers because it didnt keep any of my experienced with Yukiho (like lvl and stats) but I did unlock Takane. Do any of you know what i should answer this time with Iori?

On your first produce, when the box pops up press yes/"はい". It's for saving your idol data to use in Office Mode (someone can offer a literal translation, I'm sure, but I know that's the result).You may have gotten more boxes because it said something like "are you SUUUURE you don't want to save your Yukiho? :0"

When you're producing the same idol a second time, though, be careful; you can overwrite your old idol data if you're not careful (I think picking no/いいえ when the option comes up will avoid that, though).

Can anyone expalin the stylists. I understand that I have to be aware of what they right in the mail. After I won an audition, a stylist came by to the office and decresed my stats and lowered my image level. If they give me clothes and accessories, do I have to style my idol exactly how they did her?

Can anyone expalin the stylists. I understand that I have to be aware of what they right in the mail. After I won an audition, a stylist came by to the office and decresed my stats and lowered my image level. If they give me clothes and accessories, do I have to style my idol exactly how they did her?

That means that you skipped out on an appointment with your stylist. You have to be aware of what they say, but you also need to be aware of when your appointment is (it can either be that week, the next week, or 2 weeks later, in the morning or evening/night).

Pretty much, anything you see 「in brackets like this」is important.

edit: At least, I think that's what it is, if you're seeing the stylist and she's decreasing your stats.

1. I just got done with my first play and unlocked Hibiki in Office mode. What I want to know is are all the games connceted meaning if whatever I have in one game, I will have in the other?

2. Can I upload pictures and videos from the game to the computer?

3. In Wandering Star, is there anyway I can play as Mami?

1. Yes, all 3 games use the same savegame id; the one for PS.2. You can with a CFW, a certain plugin and an usb cable or you can use a video capture card device and a video out cable3. Ami and Mami switch from time to time, so yes. If you want to use her in officemode you need to cheat with a certain cfw plugin. She'll have Miki's voiceset if you try to communicate in the lobby though.

1. I just got done with my first play and unlocked Hibiki in Office mode. What I want to know is are all the games connceted meaning if whatever I have in one game, I will have in the other?

2. Can I upload pictures and videos from the game to the computer?

3. In Wandering Star, is there anyway I can play as Mami?

1. Yes, Hibiki should be available for play in Office Mode in your other SP versions.2. I'm not quite sure about #2, still trying to figure that one out myself. ^^;3. In one of the Idol Ultimates Mami will be there to perform instead of Ami. This is the event in which Takane finds out that Ami and Mami are twins. Otherwise I'm not sure if you can ever play as Mami, even in Office Mode; I have never found an option.

Recording set-ups in a nutshell.Left we have the regular way non-CFW option and right we have the pirate way.Note. images are randomly taken from google and setups don't need to look exactly like this.

OEM+Doesn't require an exceptionally strong computer+Easy to set-up-More expensive-Video quality is quite bad unless you capture with a component set-up

CFW+Cheap+Video looks better than component-More taxating for your computer than the 1st option, this point is moot if you don't have a dinosaur computer-If you're new to CFW's and plug-ins you'll need to do quite a bit. Also plug-in compatibility with the pc software is a pain.

Okay so I'm trying to decide between Wandering Star and Missing Moon and what will be the dealbreaker is the difficulty level. Are Chihaya and Ritsuko really that hard to manage tension-wise?

I never produced Chihaya on SP I don't like her much. Sorry Chihaya fans OTZ but I found Ritsuko's tension very easy to manage. Pretty much...an individual idol is very easy to keep up tension for, no matter who it is.

I didn't have a harder time keeping Ritsuko's tension high than, say, Ami's.

Imo, probably the shortest increment of time, because the time-window for you to wake your PSP up and have a good result is pretty small iirc. So, short enough that you can still be time-precise, but long enough to do whatever else it is you want to do while your idol is auditioning.

...but doing the self-lessons and self-auditions is so much harder than actually doing them XDD

There's no optimal waiting time for self producing commands, it's dependant on how punctual you are; if you tell your idol you'll be back at 11:00 PM, you'll get the best result at 11:00.00 PM exactly.

It's unknown what the exact results are for self audition, but for self lesson it's something like

Perfect: Exactly on time...Good: 1-3 seconds too late or too earlyNormal: 4-20 seconds too late or too earlyBad: 20 seconds+ too late or too early

There's no optimal waiting time for self producing commands, it's dependant on how punctual you are; if you tell your idol you'll be back at 11:00 PM, you'll get the best result at 11:00.00 PM exactly.

It's unknown what the exact results are for self audition, but for self lesson it's something like

Perfect: Exactly on time...Good: 1-3 seconds too late or too earlyNormal: 4-20 seconds too late or too earlyBad: 20 seconds+ too late or too early

For 1 and 2 do you mean story mode or free? Because there is a IU at the end of story but there is a final concert at the end of free.I'm not sure I get your second question.As for the third, yes,. There is a 961 idol drama and a free swimsuit.Also, my version came with a free school girl uniform. The "best" editions come with free DLC codes (per region)

Before I started playing SP, I printed out a walkthrough of the x-box game. The author said it did.

Man. Does it do it subtly or something? I never noticed...I guess I'll have to check that one out (how long does your Xbox have to be iM@S-idle for?). The only way I knew that the game "skips" a week is if your idol has low tension and they ditch work.Anyway, the SP version doesn't do that, so no worries.

Recording set-ups in a nutshell.Left we have the regular way non-CFW option and right we have the pirate way.Note. images are randomly taken from google and setups don't need to look exactly like this.

OEM+Doesn't require an exceptionally strong computer+Easy to set-up-More expensive-Video quality is quite bad unless you capture with a component set-up

CFW+Cheap+Video looks better than component-More taxating for your computer than the 1st option, this point is moot if you don't have a dinosaur computer-If you're new to CFW's and plug-ins you'll need to do quite a bit. Also plug-in compatibility with the pc software is a pain.

This question was asked a few pages back too. Above is the CFW-connection explained by BT2. Otherwise, in one of the Idol Ultimate's Mami performs instead of Ami. And when you use the CFW method and communicate with Mami in the lobby in office mode, she'll have Miki's voiceset.

Can somebody tell me how or direct me anywhere on the forum on how to set up a Japanese PSN account?

It's a mouthful to explain, but I used this site to get me set up. It includes an English translation of the pages. Beware, if you set up a Japanese PSN account on your PSP and you already have an U.S./other PSN account registered, you will lose your downloads.

How do you get Hibiki, Takane and Miki? I know you have to unlock them but does that mean you have to beat them in story mode or only get up to a certain point? I've tried and every time i play Story mode I aways fail when I'm at rank D... :P :'(

How do you get Hibiki, Takane and Miki? I know you have to unlock them but does that mean you have to beat them in story mode or only get up to a certain point? I've tried and every time i play Story mode I aways fail when I'm at rank D... :P :'(

Yeah, you need to beat the game a few times. Like Animagic4U said, 2 playthroughs should do it.

I get to rank D and I get really happy. I start to level my stuff but then I miss a interview or something or my stuff goes down for some reason and right when my Producer Rank goes down as well as my Vocal/Dance/Visul stats, I have to go gainst my rival and I end up failing and not ranking high enough.

I get to rank D and I get really happy. I start to level my stuff but then I miss a interview or something or my stuff goes down for some reason and right when my Producer Rank goes down as well as my Vocal/Dance/Visul stats, I have to go gainst my rival and I end up failing and not ranking high enough.

Well...

You can't miss an interview/stylist appointment/rival audition if you don't accept the offers. If you're not sure when/what you have to do for it, don't accept it XD I've never missed one, but I'm pretty sure that'll have a negative effect on your idol's career.(basically...when the email inbox pops up in the morning, just ignore everything and close out of it)

Normal auditions are a really good thing to do, because when you win, sometimes you'll have a stat-boost from a blue reporter-person. It'll boost your stats for a few weeks.

I can't think of any reason your stats would fall unless you missed an appointment, lost an audition (well...I think that's what those red reporters do), or you've gone for way too long without completing an audition.

SP's story mode helped when playing the original because it helped me decide when I needed to rank up and stuff. ;)Plus even if you lose you have a retry (even though it hurts your producer rank a bit)

How do you get Hibiki, Takane and Miki? I know you have to unlock them but does that mean you have to beat them in story mode or only get up to a certain point? I've tried and every time i play Story mode I aways fail when I'm at rank D... :P :'(

At the end of the game, you have to get your Producer Rank to Lv. 5 to unlock them in Office Mode. It might take a few times to get there.

This score will then get translated into your Producer Rank. You start out at Level 1, and in general you rank up when you get A or B grades, and get demoted with C or D grades. However, the maximum number of ranks you can be promoted or demoted each time seems to be limited to 2. So you do need to play through the game multiple times.

Producer RankLvl. 1: IIRC, you only need to clear the game to get promoted to Lvl. 2.

...Ugh, I got some questions (I'm "new" to Im@s).Also, I often receive the mails, and I answered at some of them.Now I'm at the C Rank, but... My Idol's level lowered from 10 to 7. What happened? Sorry for these "silly" questions, but Im@s SP is the first Im@s game under my hands.Thanks for your time (in advance)

All of the mails you answer involve commitment to appointments and such...do you go to those?

Also, if you had a good reporter (that blue lady that shows up next to your unit in that audition lineup...man, these things aren't so easy to explain sometimes XD) and the effect from that wore off, your image level will drop back to "normal".

Aaaand...if you get any negative things happening (losing auditions, failing to keep your appointments, etc. etc.) I think those have a negative effect on your idol's image, as well.

The mail you get is typically from the stylist, reporters, or 961. (Fanmail also comes, but you don't need to worry about them.) If you reply to the stylist or reporter, you're agreeing to meet them for an appointment, and the appointments have different times. They could be for the same week, next week, or 2 weeks later, in the morning or in the evening. If you reply to a 961 e-mail, you're agreeing to compete at a rival audition. Your image goes down if you fail to meet up with the stylist/reporter at the time agreed or if you skip a rival audition.

Your image can also be lowered if you lose an audition, haven't done an audition in a long time, or if you encounter a bad reporter (a gossip) and they run a bad article on your idol. Gossips usually appear after you lose an audition or sometimes if you keep skipping out on appointments with a reporter.

It takes some time, but eventually you'll be able to differentiate between reporter, stylist, and 961 e-mails, and choose the ones you want to reply to based on your plans for that week. Going to an appointment with a reporter can help raise your image level temporarily, so it's best to do one of those before an audition.

Hope this is of some help...I haven't played SP in awhile. I should get back to playing it again...I think I was in the middle of producing Iori in Wandering Star and Makoto in Perfect Sun. And I still need to get Missing Moon! XD

Thanks to all, your answers are really useful for me.@TweenDoriru Yes, I do... I think.@animagic4u Well, yeah, It's easy to know who's the 961. But my only problem is to distinguish the reporters from the stylists, in this pic I don't know wich are the stylists and the reporters. (http://i53.tinypic.com/2q0rms4.png) @ikuto-sama: Yeah, it helps me. Thank you very much.

Also, I got another question.When I go to do the lessons, if I press square (as my friend said), it does a self-training, how it works?Also, is this normal that my PSP has this screen?(http://i53.tinypic.com/2s64j7p.png)(I forgot to change the hour, and edit the date)Sorry for the disturb, and thanks in advance.

@animagic4u Well, yeah, It's easy to know who's the 961. But my only problem is to distinguish the reporters from the stylists, in this pic I don't know wich are the stylists and the reporters. http://i53.tinypic.com/2q0rms4.png

There's no optimal waiting time for self producing commands, it's dependant on how punctual you are; if you tell your idol you'll be back at 11:00 PM, you'll get the best result at 11:00.00 PM exactly.

It's unknown what the exact results are for self audition, but for self lesson it's something like

Perfect: Exactly on time...Good: 1-3 seconds too late or too earlyNormal: 4-20 seconds too late or too earlyBad: 20 seconds+ too late or too early

Also, I got another question.When I go to do the lessons, if I press square (as my friend said), it does a self-training, how it works?Also, is this normal that my PSP has this screen?(http://i53.tinypic.com/2s64j7p.png)(I forgot to change the hour, and edit the date)Sorry for the disturb, and thanks in advance.

スタイリスト is the Stylist, and the other bunch of kanji (I fail at reading kanji) is the Reporter. Also note that in mail from the stylist and reporter, they will often have some words in quotes that you have to remember when you go to them for an appointment, and they will ask you about it. The stylist will usually ask you either what the name of the style was or the name of the designer, and the reporter will ask what I believe is the subject of the interview (or magazine? I don't know.) So it's always best to keep a notepad handy so you can write things down until you get the hang of things.

In self-training, after you press the square, you choose a specific time in which you'll come back, and you MUST get there right on time otherwise it will lower your idol's tension. The longer the lesson, the more successful it will be, but coming late, even by a minute, sometimes deducts from that. After your PSP turns to the screenshot you have above, you shut it off, and only turn it back on when it's time to go back to see your idol. It's normal, so you don't have to worry. ^^ Do NOT take out the UMD. Self-lessons can be handy, especially at lessons that you have a hard time with (I usually have a hard time with the Vocal lesson since I'm still learning kanji), but you always have to make sure you return at the time you promised.

Also, look at all the tabs when deciding a schedule. If you've got more stuff than you usually do (and the recommended mark appears next to some), you've probably got visitors.

Concerning the pic, 961 Auditions'll have 961 somewhere in them, Reporter (second) will be in kanji, Stylist (third) will be in katakana.

In the mail you get, look at the stuff between the 「 ... 」 marks, that'll usually be something important (either the name of the person you're meeting, or where they're from). If you don't understand Japanese, this is the hard part, but write it down if you can't remember it. The game'll ask you either the guy's name or where he's from when you meet up with them, so look at the choices that pop up and pick the one that looks familiar. I don't think both will ever pop up.

Oh, and I think you can kill bad reporters with good ones. If you get slapped with a bad reporter after an audition, then get another reporter wanting to meet up with you, make them happy and they'll chase off the bad stuff while giving you the good stuff.

@ikuto-sama: Thanks for your help. Oh, here's why sometimes I did it wrong, also, about the Self training thing, looks useful when I'm at school. But, well, I'm trying it right now.@Cael K.: Thanks for your help, also, yeah, I don't speak Japanese. But I can try a shot and learn it. So, if I get a bad interview, I can "cancel" it by doing a good one? Looks "easy". Well, I'll try that soon (write the letter in and then go to meet them. Thanks, without you I don't know what I was doing.

Fair warning, though: I've had reporters just jet on me even after I answered right (5% of the time?), but I think that's how things work.

That's happened to me a few times too. I think it also happens sometimes if you do interviews in consecutive weeks; once I accidentally replied to an email for an interview a week after the one I had done that week, and the second reporter just left.

I have a question (i'm new to Im@s D:) i have a problem with saving my game, right now i'm playing Perfect Sun, and after the end of the day it's supposed to save itself (at least, that's what i've read), but everytime i try, after the end of the first day, the game returns itself to the main menu. Apparently it saves my producer data, but not my idol data, so i have to start again =/This also happened to me with my save in Missing Moon.i don't know if this a dumb question, but i don't know what to do T_T

1. I was wondering if there are any drawbacks to avoiding audition invitations from 961 and if so what are they? According to tlwiki's translation he will pay you back for turning down his offer especially in the end.

2. Is it possible to win these audition invitations? I've tried once and in terms of stars I tied her but was still 2nd. I looked at her scores and the number of points she's gains in one round can be higher than all 3 of my rounds together and I did it perfectly. At that I had a reporter on my side boosting my image.

@BT2 I think so long as you don't live in Japan pirating this game should be A-OK. They obviously didn't want other people's money otherwise they'd actually have the game localized for them. Just my opinion though, in the end you're free to think what you want. Also cfws are awesome have you not seen all the great homebrew applications out there.

Lastly Bandai can suck my nuts only releasing 1 of 4 Tales games in the US I'd smack them if I could. Sorry about being so rude but I'm am so sick of the treatment they give to us in America. They don't even need to waste their money on English dubs I prefer the original Japanese voices.

2. Is it possible to win these audition invitations? I've tried once and in terms of stars I tied her but was still 2nd. I looked at her scores and the number of points she's gains in one round can be higher than all 3 of my rounds together and I did it perfectly. At that I had a reporter on my side boosting my image.

Pretty sure the rivals play normally, then at the end of each round, they take the higher of their own score, or the highest score among every one else plus some random single digit number. The reins come off eventually though (you'll know when), so Memory Appeal bomb when it does and take the top spot like it's nothing.

As for the first question, not too sure, I've never gotten anything bad for refusing, but for accepting and skipping out I hear he sticks a gossip reporter on you.

1. I was wondering if there are any drawbacks to avoiding audition invitations from 961 and if so what are they? According to tlwiki's translation he will pay you back for turning down his offer especially in the end.

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Lastly Bandai can suck my nuts only releasing 1 of 4 Tales games in the US I'd smack them if I could. Sorry about being so rude but I'm am so sick of the treatment they give to us in America. They don't even need to waste their money on English dubs I prefer the original Japanese voices.

If you just ignore them, nothing happens. There are some accessories that you can only get by doing the rival auditions, and you get a lot of fans for doing them iirc, but if you don't do any of them, Kuroi isn't going to do beans to you.

Also, I think that NBGI NA-division (or whatever it is) is waiting for them to release the souped-up re-releases of stuff. Tales of Graces F is being translated.I'm pretty sure they didn't do Tales of Vesperia PS3 because they did all the work and then would have to translate it more, record more voice, etc.So after that, they probably decided to just wait them out. I don't know about Xillia, though. I've heard that US/NA release has been hinted at.

Then again, that's just my guess...I don't follow the Tales series that closely. I've only done Symphonia & Vesperia. But, it would make sense if the English-translating division did wait for the re-releases if they expect them, since not everyone wants to buy the same game twice and it saves them effort.

Okay thanks for the help. This means I can stop quitting every time I see 961 Mail which has been getting more and more common lately. Now I only have to keep quitting every time I get the morning greeting incorrect. I'm to much of a perfectionist when it comes to things like this.

Yeah I can't wait for Graces F to release out here. I still have some hopes for Xillia as someone found some file endings of SDBENG(though currently are empty) and the files ending with SDBJPN is where all the Japanese text for the game is held. I also have some hopes for Tales of Innocence as it is being remade for the Vita. But then again none of the PSP remakes made it to the US so my hopes aren't to high on this one.

Okay thanks for the help. This means I can stop quitting every time I see 961 Mail which has been getting more and more common lately. Now I only have to keep quitting every time I get the morning greeting incorrect. I'm to much of a perfectionist when it comes to things like this.

Correct answer is pretty much random, like the answers right before an audition, so I recommend saving your sanity.

@BT2 I think so long as you don't live in Japan pirating this game should be A-OK. They obviously didn't want other people's money otherwise they'd actually have the game localized for them.

Not implying that I don't actually pirate games, but still I fail to comprehend why you're implying that it's okay to pirate a foreign region-free game. Also think about it, even if bumco localises the game it'd be too niche to actually sell, thus making them lose money rather than making some.

Also cfws are awesome have you not seen all the great homebrew applications out there.

And someone completely missed the point.

Let's start from the start shall we. - LiNa_chan seems to have problems saving and the game keeps jumping back to the main menu.- iM@S SP uses a rarely used, though easy to circumvent, anti-piracy check that blocks the usage of isos and cfws, making the game loop to the main menu- BT2 says: Stop pirating the game or stop using those silly cfws like that.- "using like that" implies there are ways to get it to work, but BT2 didn't feel like explaining how- Forums Rule 6: No piracy. Thus making it the only answer I could give.

1. Once again I have some questions. Why do you sometimes lose or gain stats based on changing trends? Do you gain stats when the new top trend is what your highest stat is maybe?

2. There is an audition called Vocal Master I can't pass. Right now my Voice thanks to my current song choice is pretty much maxed out but I can't gain any stars for Vocals despite putting more points into vocals than anything else. Why? Does your idol rank maybe affect point gains as well? As my rank is only D and most of the contestants seem to be C to A.

@BT2 I don't think they made the SP games for the because the PSP because it was region free. That is something they have no say in. Both Fate/Extra and Record of Agarest War did pretty good in the US and neither one of those games wasted money on English dubs. This should be more than enough info to say that Idolm@ster or Tales of games could sell well with only text translation thus greatly decreasing the budget needed to localize these games. I'm pretty certain they could at least make their money back. The problem is that if they aren't making at least 4 times their money back they see it as a waste of time and money. I despise the greed of the current gaming industry. As for the cfws I suppose I did miss the point. Nobody is perfect in the end.

i'v been playing tons of Im@s 2 on the PS3 in the past few weeks and it is so much fun that i ordered Wandering Star and it should arrive today or tomorrow, so i'v been reading up a bit to know what to do

it seems to be quite different from Im@s 2 so it seems my strategy knowledge from there won't be much of a help. Is there somewhere a post or site that explains a good strategy for the auditions (and on what to focus with training, or do you need to raise all 3 stats evenly)? all i'v found is that the usual strategy is 4 - 3 - 2, but there are also variations like 4 - 4 - 1 where you ignore the least important stat and use memory appeals instead (not even sure about this). is there somewhere a more detailed explanation, especially as to why to do it that way and when/how to exactely use memory appeals?

i'v been playing tons of Im@s 2 on the PS3 in the past few weeks and it is so much fun that i ordered Wandering Star and it should arrive today or tomorrow, so i'v been reading up a bit to know what to do

it seems to be quite different from Im@s 2 so it seems my strategy knowledge from there won't be much of a help. Is there somewhere a post or site that explains a good strategy for the auditions (and on what to focus with training, or do you need to raise all 3 stats evenly)? all i'v found is that the usual strategy is 4 - 3 - 2, but there are also variations like 4 - 4 - 1 where you ignore the least important stat and use memory appeals instead (not even sure about this). is there somewhere a more detailed explanation, especially as to why to do it that way and when/how to exactely use memory appeals?

http://whitefox284.livejournal.com/75999.html

This link posted on the first page of this thread explains the Audition process as well as other parts of the game much better than I would, so it should be of some help to you. ;D

My strategy while training is to have all stats as even as possible. Like iM@S 2, your stats are also affected by the items you equip. The vocal lesson is always hardest for me as it requires you to unjumble lyrics in Japanese, and my Japanese isn't that good, so I usually try to equip more items that raise my vocal stat. As for auditions, my strategy is using 1 memory appeal per round (if I miss it, then I'll try again) then using something that is more like 3-3-2. In order to keep using memory appeals, you'll have to do promotions and get good enough communications on them, though.

On an added note, although the author of the link above says that reporter appointments aren't that useful, I still try to do one before a major audition because they raise your image level, therefore raising the amount of points you can get from appeals. Be mindful that once you've raised your image level once (indicated by blue flashing on your stats), if you visit a reporter again nothing will happen until their article stops running (once the blue flashing stops after a few weeks), then you can go again.

i know the link, actually that's the way how i found this community ;) it explains the mechanics, but doesn't explain strategies

one more thing about the training strategy: i'm in the same boat as you concerning vocal lessons/understanding japanese. is it better to do the pure vocal lesson even though i won't be very good at them or is it better to do the "dual" lessons that raise vocal and something else but don't require japanese knowledge?

i'v been playing tons of Im@s 2 on the PS3 in the past few weeks and it is so much fun that i ordered Wandering Star and it should arrive today or tomorrow, so i'v been reading up a bit to know what to do

it seems to be quite different from Im@s 2 so it seems my strategy knowledge from there won't be much of a help. Is there somewhere a post or site that explains a good strategy for the auditions (and on what to focus with training, or do you need to raise all 3 stats evenly)? all i'v found is that the usual strategy is 4 - 3 - 2, but there are also variations like 4 - 4 - 1 where you ignore the least important stat and use memory appeals instead (not even sure about this). is there somewhere a more detailed explanation, especially as to why to do it that way and when/how to exactely use memory appeals?

Depends if you can read Japanese or not. The judges will comment on idols as the match drags on, and you can get a feel for everyone's standings by reading them. Usually, if a judge compliments someone, that guy's leading the ranking. If they start railing on someone, they're probably last. There's also comments for nobody really aiming for that judge.

Just Appeal a category at the start of the phase only to be put down by that judge? You've got the lowest stat of everyone.

In the tougher auditions the AI can sometimes use a pretty human-like technique...but please use this one with caution.

If you're nervous about one of your stats but have really high other stats you can keep spamming your bad stat to force one of the judges out. I rarely do this, but it saved me a couple times in my first few playthroughs of boxm@s.

The dual lessons are okay.. I managed to get the highest level using mostly dual lessons. Although you could also pause on the vocal lesson while reading the kana and trying to piece it together. Unlike in 2, you can't use your memory appeals to save you all the time because you can only store 3.

If you're nervous about one of your stats but have really high other stats you can keep spamming your bad stat to force one of the judges out. I rarely do this, but it saved me a couple times in my first few playthroughs of boxm@s.

Let's see if I can bullet point the process.

3 phases of 9 appeals each.The idol with the most stars wins. Stars are only awarded at the end of each phase.

Each phase operates on a bidding system. You may choose to put points in each of three categories, nine times per phase.The effectiveness of your bids is influenced by your stat and your idol's tension (higher = more efficient bids).Top 3 bidders per phase get stars, but different categories give more stars than others.Last place gets a negative star.

When any idol (of the six available) appeals to a judge, he gives points, but loses interest.When a judge's interest reaches 0, he walks. All stars he has given (including negative ones), are lost.

Succeed a memory appeal to gain points in all stats (large amount), and recover all judge's interest.Fail a memory appeal to lost points in all stats (small amount), and damage all judge's interest.

Notes:The judge that awards the most stars is the most likely to be appealed to. Thus, he is the most prone to walking. Over-appeal, and you'll come out with nothing.Some people attempt to rank in the two worst categories, then kill off the most popular judge (sometimes with failed memory appeals).

Ok, i'v played a bit (just did the audition to become Rank E) and some things are clearer now, but i have some other questions now ;)

1) I did one of the special auditions (if i guessed correctly it's the one you need to do before level 13) and was pretty confused because i didn't get any stars in the first 2 sections only to find out that this audition doesn't have 3 sections but it's one single 27 appeal section. Are there more auditions that behave differently? Or is it just the special auditions?

2) There seems to be a timing for an appeal that is better than others. Is there an indicator which is the right timing or is the only guide to get that right my inner clock?

3) I have tons of accidents during a song (about 8 or so), is that normal? And what determines how often you can make an "appeal" or whatever it is during the stage performance?

4) You need to reach the next rank in a cetain time span. Is the time limit fixed on the week number? In other words: If i reach rank E earlier, do i have more time to reach rank D or is the time you have to reach the next rank always the same? Edit: Ok, i think Kotori just explained to me that the former is correct.

Ok, i'v played a bit (just did the audition to become Rank E) and some things are clearer now, but i have some other questions now ;)

1) I did one of the special auditions (if i guessed correctly it's the one you need to do before level 13) and was pretty confused because i didn't get any stars in the first 2 sections only to find out that this audition doesn't have 3 sections but it's one single 27 appeal section. Are there more auditions that behave differently? Or is it just the special auditions?

2) There seems to be a timing for an appeal that is better than others. Is there an indicator which is the right timing or is the only guide to get that right my inner clock?

3) I have tons of accidents during a song (about 8 or so), is that normal? And what determines how often you can make an "appeal" or whatever it is during the stage performance?

4) You need to reach the next rank in a cetain time span. Is the time limit fixed on the week number? In other words: If i reach rank E earlier, do i have more time to reach rank D or is the time you have to reach the next rank always the same? Edit: Ok, i think Kotori just explained to me that the former is correct.

1) The special auditions are the only ones that behave differently. I believe "LONGTIME" and "HIT-TV" are the ones where it's a long 27-appeal section, if memory serves correct.

2) Usually I trust my gut on the timing of the appeals. Also, I believe the comments that the judges make throughout the audition make a difference in your appeal timing, since you're trying to get their attention. How often you appeal to a judge in succession also has an effect.

3) When you're early into the game (and therefore of a lower rank), it's pretty typical to have a lot of accidents during your performances. As you raise your stats and do better in auditions and rank higher, those mistakes should decrease. Mistakes can also occur due to a bad memory appeal or poor appeal timing.

4) I think the amount of time you get is always the same, but I could be wrong. Usually whenever I play, I don't go to the Idol Ultimate till the very last day so I can get my stats higher and do stylist appointments I may not have had time to do earlier or do more auditions so reaching the next rank will be easier since I'll need to gain less fans, but that's just my strategy.

2. Just appealing's based on the beat of the song, just look at the flashing appeal bar. If the light's lit you'll get a just appeal. Slower songs are easier to just appeal.

I don't quite get that one. The appeal bar is flashing in a pretty fast rate. So i have several possible timings during an appeal time frame to get a just appeal?

Additionally: Is it a viable strategy to do no normal auditions and do the rival auditions since they give a ton of fans? Of course you still need to do the special auditions and the rank up auditions. In the Boxm@s faq on gamefaqs (as i'v understood it SP is very similar to Boxm@s) it sounds like doing auditions also increases your stats (the bright part of the stats circle), and not just because a blue reporter can be hooked. Is that true or did i misinterpret that?

I don't quite get that one. The appeal bar is flashing in a pretty fast rate. So i have several possible timings during an appeal time frame to get a just appeal?

Additionally: Is it a viable strategy to do no normal auditions and do the rival auditions since they give a ton of fans? Of course you still need to do the special auditions and the rank up auditions. In the Boxm@s faq on gamefaqs (as i'v understood it SP is very similar to Boxm@s) it sounds like doing auditions also increases your stats (the bright part of the stats circle), and not just because a blue reporter can be hooked. Is that true or did i misinterpret that?

Don't worry, it flashes to the beat. Get the rhythm, you'll get the just appeal. (Unless you're playing the XBox360 version, where it's hard as sin to time it right.)

Also, beating auditions in Boxm@s does give you a buff. Losing can decrease this buff (I've seen it happen both ways).

how many memories i should make with the idol? i'm have 15 right now and i'm at week 23

Well it depends on whether you want the achievement for ending game with 99 memories (although if you're aiming for that week 23 is probably too late to start). If you don't then you should be able to win with only the occasional promotion every couple of weeks, just keep at least 10 on hand (in case things like rival auditions pop up and you want the 10k fans, or you're really desperate and need to spam memories at the ultimate idol auditions) and you should be fine. Personally i like to spam promotions, because they're basically the 'storyline' of the game and its no fun producing an idol to victory while knowing close to nothing about her.

thank you, and btw, look like when my idol reach rank C, kotori say something about challenge other production or something to reach rank B, what does it mean?

and about promotion, i've been neglect it seen the beginning and only do lesson and audition, the only time i do promotion is after ranking up. should i keep on doing that? ;D

It doesn't really mean anything special, basically she's just suggesting you participate more actively in auditions since you need more fans than before to rank up so you can't just sit there spamming rival auditions.

With regard to promotions its really up to how you want to play. If you just want to speed to a fast victory then spamming lessons and quickly ranking up can easily give an early win, or you might want to farm items from winning auditions so you spend weeks spamming those instead of promotions. Either way if you don't slack on lessons you won't really need memories. In my opinion the only real benefits of promotions are to get a better insight into the idol's backstory and personality. It's the bulk of the game's storyline though, so its up to you whether you want to win fast or take your time and get to know the idol better.

The game runs to 62 weeks, although you need to leave 3 weeks for the Ultimate Idol finals (it's 3 consecutive auditions) so its effectively 59. That should still be enough time to do promotions. However that the promotions are rank-specific, basically there are different promotion events for each rank and each can only be done once. The higher ranks have less events, e.g. rank a only has about 5 different events, so you might want to start earlier. Also there's a trophy for clearing the game in less than 54 weeks.

the 765 office just changed in middle of my 2nd playthrough, does that mean anything?

It means your producer rank has gone up (if you successfully produced the first idol, i.e. won the idol ultimate you should get rank 4). It doesn't affect gameplay although it's always nice to look at a better office.

When Takagi presents the image report of the current trend, what causes my image level/stats to go up/down after I'm done reading it?Also, I'm trying to boost my dance stat with outfits and accessories, but I'm not getting improvement. All I can do is do lessons to raise it while I am able fluff up my other two stats. Any clue what's going on here? If it helps, I used a dance song for more than 9 weeks which I know I get penalties for using one for too long.

When Takagi presents the image report of the current trend, what causes my image level/stats to go up/down after I'm done reading it?Also, I'm trying to boost my dance stat with outfits and accessories, but I'm not getting improvement. All I can do is do lessons to raise it while I am able fluff up my other two stats. Any clue what's going on here? If it helps, I used a dance song for more than 9 weeks which I know I get penalties for using one for too long.

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I think that's the fluctuations in the weekly image trends.Also, are you sure you're picking the right accessories?? There are some that subtract..

You start losing image once you use a song for 10 weeks, that might be the case. Other things like image penalty from not going to auditions for too long might also apply. Also as mentioned certain accessories will subtract from other stats, a major failure of the game is that it does not tell you that explicitly. Here you can find a list of all costumes, and all the little effects: http://www36.atwiki.jp/imas-psp/pages/16.html. In fact that site probably answers 99% of all SP questions, only disadvantage is that its in japanese. Should be decently readable with google translate though.

When Takagi presents the image report of the current trend, what causes my image level/stats to go up/down after I'm done reading it?Also, I'm trying to boost my dance stat with outfits and accessories, but I'm not getting improvement. All I can do is do lessons to raise it while I am able fluff up my other two stats. Any clue what's going on here? If it helps, I used a dance song for more than 9 weeks which I know I get penalties for using one for too long.

(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2iiyd8z.jpg)

To boost your dance stat, I recommend wearing a Cool & Sexy outfit (or any Extend outfit, if you've bought DLC, that raises your dance stat) and a dance accessory, then for your remaining accessory slots balance it out with Vocal and Visual ones. It may take a small toll on your Vocal and Visual categories, but a few Vocal/Visual lessons will make it up, and it balances out all three of your stats. Image loss is typically due to using a song for too long, or if you make an appointment with a reporter but don't show up. It's also best to switch up the types of songs you use from time to time.

When doing the "Carry out all Idol Promises" Goal in free produce, does coming late after telling your idol you'd be back at a specific time, and I mean at the end of a day where you save and finish playing, count against the goal?

Also, in the event of a tie after an audition, priority goes to the player doesn't it?

When doing the "Carry out all Idol Promises" Goal in free produce, does coming late after telling your idol you'd be back at a specific time, and I mean at the end of a day where I save and finish playing, count against the goal?

Also, in the event of a tie after an audition, priority goes to the player doesn't it?

I believe it does.And yes, if you tie for first (or any "winning place") in an audition with one of the CPUs, you'll automatically be considered the winner.

So at the end of free produce where your idol must give a farewell concert, how am I able to choose the concert halls such as Live House and Citizen Hall? It's been my 2nd time playing and I've only been able to choose from Budokan and Dome.

So at the end of free produce where your idol must give a farewell concert, how am I able to choose the concert halls such as Live House and Citizen Hall? It's been my 2nd time playing and I've only been able to choose from Budokan and Dome.

Think you have to have a minimum number of fans/rank. What rank are you?

I just finished my first playthrough of Missing Moon and wanted to know whether it is actually possible to get 1st place in the first 2 auditions of the IU because I can't seem to do it. Also does this game have multiple endings?

Thanks for the quick reply. I can't seem to get 1st in the first 2 auditions of the IU, even with scoring like 1k+ on the appeals all I can get is 2nd. I can only get 1st on the last audition to win the IU. Do I get a special ending if I get 1st in all the IU auditions?

Anyone got tips on how to do well in performance lessons? Hardest thing in the game for me. Also, checked the wiki and it said there was an extra scene thing if you produced all 9 girls. Does anyone have a video of it or can tell me what it is?

Anyone got tips on how to do well in performance lessons? Hardest thing in the game for me. Also, checked the wiki and it said there was an extra scene thing if you produced all 9 girls. Does anyone have a video of it or can tell me what it is?

I hate that lesson. More or less, I look at the height of the little speech bubble when I hit the button, then look where it ends up. Eventually, you'll get a feel for what height corresponds to where on the screen.

I hate that lesson. More or less, I look at the height of the little speech bubble when I hit the button, then look where it ends up. Eventually, you'll get a feel for what height corresponds to where on the screen.

I hate it too. Even if I get lucky, the best I can get is a normal lesson.

1. I want to access Office Mode, but the game shows me this instead:(image snip)

2. How to win Rival Audition?

3. After a successful audition, there is my perfomance, but with accidents and burst appeals! How to avoid at least accidents?

4. What the stylists want of me?

5. http://www.project-imas.com/wiki/Idolm@ster_SP_clothesThere are some accessories that are marked with --. How can I get them?

6. It's just me or some auditions are named after Chiaking and Mingosu's CDs?

Thank you very much!

1. Your wireless LAN switch is off.2. You can't ever really win, the best you can do is get second. Even if you do better than your rival, the game will adjust her score to be number 1.3. Think they're kinda random, though leveling up does make them occur less often... if I remember correctly.4. In their e-mail, there are words (their studio and name) highlighted with 「 ... 」. They'll ask for one of those.5. Slow wiki is slow. Could be DLC, could be a clear game unlock.6. Meh, could be for all I know.

1. What are you playing on? An emulator? That message means the wireless lan switch is off. It has to be switched to "on" on the PSP in order to access office mode.

2. You are just gonna have to do good in your lessons and communications. Don't worry about your rival, she will always get first place no matter how hard you try. Just focus on beating the other competitors.

3. I never knew how to manipulate this, but in general, as your idol's rank increases you get less and less chances of an accident.

4. When you are mailed by a stylist, they want to interview your idol. What you have to do on your end is look carefully at these bracket things such as this 「れい」. Take note when you are are going to meet the stylist AND REMEMBER THE NAME AND THE COMPANY OF THE STYLIST. You will be given 3 choices in where you have to remember what the name of the stylist is or what company they are from when you and your idol are interviewed. If you do remember, you get free clothes or accessories for your idol. If not, well, you'll see.

5. I think you get those items randomly after either auditions or stylists from what I remember while playing.

Is it possible to avoid farewell concert in SPs? Or you will get this ending no matter what your rank is?

In story mode there is only one ending. However in free play mode there are quite a few endings depending on how well and where your farewell concert is and the best endings are definitely worth the trouble. The dome is the highest of course and which places you can choose for your farewell concert depend on how high ranking your are and how did you do for the rest of your produce. Even if it's the farewell concert it doesn't exactly mean it's a farewell from your idol if you catch my drift. There's also a special bonus if you manage to produce all of the idols well. As for why you have to have a farewell concert in free play I think it's because of how the arcade game originally worked and you were always against other producers so while you may have continued to strive many lost to you along the way and eventually you may have lost to another producer as well.

Hey there, everyone! I admit I read through this entire thread and found everything said quite helpful. However, there is one thing I need help with...

...and that is that when I select Story Mode, I'm given four options. I assume one of them is to get back to producing your idol (the top option), one of them is to start producing a new idol (second option?), and one of them deletes your ENTIRE PROGRESS and makes you start from the very beginning.I don't know which one this is, and I can't seem to remember it.But TWICE now, I've accidentally erased everything because I can't read kanji, or katakana, or hiragana, so I had no clue what I was saying. And one of those times was after unlocking Hibiki and her Extend costume after successfully producing Makoto all the way to Rank S.Yay me! Let's get started on Haruka now....hm, is this the right one?...it's giving me another text box. Something is wrong.I'll just select yes...? Let's see, now I just have to--WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL MY SAVE DATA?! FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU--

As you can see, this makes me mad. At least the second time I did it, I wasn't as far, but it still infuriated me. Can anyone just tell me which option it is that deletes all your data, so I know to avoid it forever? I doubt I'll ever need it. Unless I WANT to restart everything after a successful produce to Rank S again. Yay.

Ah, also, one more thing: I think I saw someone saying it was possible to just restart the final IU auditions, at the very end of the game. Is that true? Because I've also gotten all the way to the very end, then passed the first two IUs (purely by luck, seriously) and failed the last one. I was then re-set all the way to the beginning. For all idols.I'm beginning to get frustrated by the effect my lack of Japanese knowledge has on this game.Anyways, any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hey there, everyone! I admit I read through this entire thread and found everything said quite helpful. However, there is one thing I need help with...

...and that is that when I select Story Mode, I'm given four options. I assume one of them is to get back to producing your idol (the top option), one of them is to start producing a new idol (second option?), and one of them deletes your ENTIRE PROGRESS and makes you start from the very beginning.I don't know which one this is, and I can't seem to remember it.But TWICE now, I've accidentally erased everything because I can't read kanji, or katakana, or hiragana, so I had no clue what I was saying. And one of those times was after unlocking Hibiki and her Extend costume after successfully producing Makoto all the way to Rank S.Yay me! Let's get started on Haruka now....hm, is this the right one?...it's giving me another text box. Something is wrong.I'll just select yes...? Let's see, now I just have to--WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL MY SAVE DATA?! FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU--

As you can see, this makes me mad. At least the second time I did it, I wasn't as far, but it still infuriated me. Can anyone just tell me which option it is that deletes all your data, so I know to avoid it forever? I doubt I'll ever need it. Unless I WANT to restart everything after a successful produce to Rank S again. Yay.

Ah, also, one more thing: I think I saw someone saying it was possible to just restart the final IU auditions, at the very end of the game. Is that true? Because I've also gotten all the way to the very end, then passed the first two IUs (purely by luck, seriously) and failed the last one. I was then re-set all the way to the beginning. For all idols.I'm beginning to get frustrated by the effect my lack of Japanese knowledge has on this game.Anyways, any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Actually, I just thought of something else. In the manual, it shows that you can have up to three idols active in Office Mode at once. If I could read Chinese I'd know how. But as you know, I can't. So.

Anyone know if that's some sort of "you can play with friends too!" thing, or how you get three idols there at once? Does it depend on Producer Rank?

Actually, I just thought of something else. In the manual, it shows that you can have up to three idols active in Office Mode at once. If I could read Chinese I'd know how. But as you know, I can't. So.

Anyone know if that's some sort of "you can play with friends too!" thing, or how you get three idols there at once? Does it depend on Producer Rank?

I don't think producer rank has any requirements for it to happen ^^ So me and my friend tested this out with trial and error since we both have neda Japanese knowledge unless it's in romaji hehe and it seems, you and your friend simply need to choose the same room when choosing a room from the room selection screen and the middle idol I think gets to be the leader? ??? and decide the audition while the others seem to click the second button from audition and choose the audition the leader idol/player created for you to play together ^^ But only the winners of the audition can be seen with their video and idol performing after the audition gives the results. I hope it helps :D

I don't think producer rank has any requirements for it to happen ^^ So me and my friend tested this out with trial and error since we both have neda Japanese knowledge unless it's in romaji hehe and it seems, you and your friend simply need to choose the same room when choosing a room from the room selection screen and the middle idol I think gets to be the leader? ??? and decide the audition while the others seem to click the second button from audition and choose the audition the leader idol/player created for you to play together ^^ But only the winners of the audition can be seen with their video and idol performing after the audition gives the results. I hope it helps :D

Oh, so it IS a "you can play with friends too!" thing! That explains a lot. :P Sucks for me that none of my friends have a PSP, let alone using it to play iM@S.

I want to get the best ending in the Producer Mode. Is there any strategy? What you would do if you were me?

In Free Mode- Keep your promises, do well on all of the communications, get your idol to the highest rank. In Story Mode- Don't use your retries, do well on all the communications including the story ones, get your idol to the highest rank (required to beat story mode).

The way I like to start the beginning of a playthrough is go really heavy on the lessons for the first several weeks. You want to build your idol's image level as high as you can as quickly as possible so you can use your remaining weeks to do auditions.

This isn't really a question regarding strategies, but I read that office mode was basically like Stage For You so after not having messed with the SP games in a while I loaded Perfect Sun up and tried to go to office mode (which after this I remembered why I had never bothered with it before) and got an error message and the only thing I understood from it was "LAN" so I'm assuming I need some kinda of internet connection to do Office Mode? (which I'm using the PPSSPP emulator to play)

This isn't really a question regarding strategies, but I read that office mode was basically like Stage For You so after not having messed with the SP games in a while I loaded Perfect Sun up and tried to go to office mode (which after this I remembered why I had never bothered with it before) and got an error message and the only thing I understood from it was "LAN" so I'm assuming I need some kinda of internet connection to do Office Mode? (which I'm using the PPSSPP emulator to play)